HIGHLIGHTS-Australian Open 2023: Day two on Tuesday


Reuters | Updated: 17-01-2023 08:34 IST | Created: 17-01-2023 08:34 IST
HIGHLIGHTS-Australian Open 2023: Day two on Tuesday

Highlights of the second day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, all times local (GMT +11): 1354 MERTENS BEATS MUGURUZA, GARCIA AND BIRRELL ALSO ADVANCE

Fourth seed Caroline Garcia cruised into the second round with a 6-3 6-0 win over Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov, while Elise Mertens fought back from a set down to hold off 2020 finalist and former world number one Garbine Muguruza 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1. Home favourite Kimberly Birrell, who was granted a main-draw spot after Venus Williams pulled out, produced a stunning comeback to beat 31st seed Kaia Kanepi 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1.

1324 RUBLEV ROLLS INTO SECOND ROUND World number six Andrey Rublev scored a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over 2020 finalist Dominic Thiem in just over two hours to earn his first win of the season.

"I know that he's going through not easy times ... I wish him to come back to the level he can be at as fast as possible," Rublev said of former world number three Thiem, who is coming back from a debilitating wrist injury. In a rematch of the 2021 quarter-final, Grigor Dimitrov beat Aslan Karatsev 7-6(3) 7-5 6-2 in a first-round battle between the former semi-finalists.

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1255 FERNANDEZ THROUGH IN STRAIGHT SETS Leylah Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open runner-up, earned her first main-draw win in Melbourne after beating last year's quarter-finalist Alize Cornet 7-5 6-2.

Slovakian qualifier and former world number 26 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova ousted 21st seed Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-2 and will next face another Italian, Camila Giorgi. 1230 SABALENKA, GIORGI, ALEXANDROVA RACE INTO ROUND TWO

With the temperature rising, fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka wasted no time on her first match at the tournament with a convincing 6-1 6-4 victory over Tereza Martincova. The Belarusian will next face American Shelby Rogers, who beat qualifier Arianne Hartono 6-4 6-3.

Italian Camila Giorgi also spent as little time as possible on Court Six as she raced into the second round with a 6-0 6-1 humbling of Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in just 56 minutes. Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 19th seed, was four minutes quicker in winning her first-round tie against Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 6-1 on Court 13.

1110 HOT DAY AHEAD AT MELBOURNE PARK The action at Melbourne Park got under way as scheduled on the second day of the year's first Grand Slam.

A hot day is expected for the first-round matches with the temperature in the precinct already over 30 degrees Celsius (86°F) and forecast to rise as high as 36. Tournament organisers use their own Heat Stress Scale - based on the strength of the sun, air temperature in the shade, relative humidity and wind speed - to decide whether play should be suspended at any stage.

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